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Homosexuality is legal in Estonia since 1992. Even though the Cohabitation agreement allowing same-sex couples to register their statushas been passed in parliament in 2014, the procedures enabling the agreement to function in practice have not been established. Same-sex marriages performed abroad can be registered in Estonia. Same-sex couples can onlyadopt their stepchildren in Estonia. Discrimination based on gender and sexual identity is outlawed in employment and military. It is legal in Estonia to change one's legal gender and name without sex reassignment surgery.

LGBTQ map of Estonia
  • by ILGAEurope [in English].
  • by ILGA Europe[in English].

Academic institutions

Resources

Books
  • Buyantueva, R. & Shevtsova M. (2020). . Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Vērdiņš,Kārlis, &Ozolinš,Jānis. (2016).. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Ayoub, P. (2016). .Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
  • Sremac, Ganzevoort, Sremac, Srđan, & Ganzevoort, Reinder Ruard. (2015).. Boston : Brill.
Dissertations
  • Pelz, M., Hansen, Randall, Austin, Robert, & Way, Lucan. (2016)..ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
Periodicals
  • -the first journal in Estonia to address academic feminism, and women’s and men’s studies [in English and Estonian].
Repositories
  • gives access to publications of Tallinn University including academic work on LGBTQ and gender[in Estonian and English]. Database of Estonian articles
  • containsinformation about articles from Estonian newspapers at 1900-2013 and Estonian journals, serial publications and anthologies at 1990-2016. It does not give access to articles, but it is helpful to identify and locate existing publications[in Estonian and English]. The National Library of Estonia’s digital archive
  • stores online publications, print files and digitised copies of the publication, including the ones on gender and sexuality [in Estonian, Russian, and English].
  • [in Estonian, English, German].
  • at the University of Tartu is a repository for all electronic materials including e-theses and e-publications, digitized theses and books, manuscripts and images etc.[inEstonian, English, German]. Repository for e-publications in
  • [in Estonian, English, German]. Repository for e-publications in
  • [in Estonian, English, German]. Repository for e-publications at the
  • [in Estonian, English, German]. A list of reports and articles on gender in Estonia from [multilingual]. A list of reports about LGBT in Estonia provided by
  • - Estonian Research Information System, the searchengine gives access to academic publicationsincluding on LGBT and gender [in Estonian and English].
Data and statistics
  • by OSCE ODIHR [in English].
  • , includes , ILGA Europe -a world survey of sexual orientation laws +[in English].
  • . FRA Europe [in English].
Reports
  • . Reports [in English],1997-
  • . Human Rights Centre, 2019 [in Estonian, Russian, English].
  • . Amnesty International [English].
  • . Turu-uuringute AS, 2012 [in Estonian].
  • .Turu-uuringuteAS[in Estonian].
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  • . ILGA Europe Policy Paper, April 2004 [English].
  • .Lithuanian Gay League, 2002[in English].
News portals
  • is an independent feminist media outlet in Estonia which is interested in an intersectional perspective and has a soft spot for queer issues. They like different feminist voices to be heard and offer a platform for feminist writers in Estonia and abroad, representing a variety of perspectives. The material is available in Estonian, English, and Russian. Their page[in Estonian, Russian, English].
Organisations
  • website publishes LGBT-related news and information about events. The associationorganises seminars, and events for the LGBT community in Estonia, and assists LGBT people withreporting hate crimes.Their[in Estonian, English].
  • The (GK)is a non-profit association that unites homosexual Christians in Estonia. The website provides space for discussing issues of faith and sexuality[in Estonian, Russian].
Other resources
  • - an Estonian conference room for transgender people [in Estonian, English].
  • Full-text from The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)[in English].